DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



istence of tliis state of things must necessarily 

 render us tributary, and in so far inferior to 

 foreign nations. 



Tliis is another matter well worthy of the 

 attention of our community ; and if, by any 

 means, we shall succeed in freeing our manu- 

 facturing industry from this slavery, which is a 

 defect and reproach upon it, we shall certainly 

 have made another important step forward in 

 our career as a producing nation. 



The plan which has been submitted to the 

 Institute, and upon which the committee is 

 called to report, appears calculated to diminish 

 or destroy both these great evils, by providing 

 a school in which young women may receive a 

 competent education in the arts of design, and 

 their various applications to manufactures, thus 

 furnishishing them with a lieretofore unoccu- 

 pied branch of industry, for which by their 

 very natures, they are peculiarly titled, and by 

 which they may sustain themselves by their 

 own labor, while at the same time they give to 

 our other arts that stamp of originality and na- 

 tionality in which they ai-e now in so great a 

 degree deficient. 



The successful establishment of such a school 

 would, moreover, fit them for employment in 

 many arts, such as woodcutting and engraving, 

 for which their (piick perceptions of form, and 

 their delicacy of hand very especially fit them; 

 while even should they, in these and similar 

 branches of labor, finally supplant men entirely, 

 no evil could occur, especially in a country like 

 ours, where such broad fields for male labor, 

 lie entirely unoccupied. 



Your committee therefore think that the 

 project is deserving of the warmest approbation 

 of the Franklin Institute, and respectfully re- 

 commend the Board of Managers to adopt the 

 following resolutions: 



Resolved, That the project submitted by Mrs. 

 Peter for the establishment of a school of de- 

 sign for women, as tending to furnish women 

 with a large field for the exercise of their talents 

 and industry, and to increase their usefulness 

 to society, is, in the opinion of the Franklin In- 

 stitute, worthy of the highest commendation, 

 and if successfully carried out, cannot but be 

 of great value to the community. 



By order of the Com. J. F. Frazer, Ch'n. 

 May 15, 1850. 



The school has now been in successful opera, 

 tion about a year, and the present number of 

 pupils is about 65. Mrs. Anne Still, the head 

 teacher, is quite enthusiastic in her devotion to 

 the cause, and is admirably adapted to fill the 

 post she does, if we may judge from the handi- 

 work of her pupils. 



The pupils are principally engaged in devis- 

 ing and sketching patterns or designs for calicos, 

 delains, oil-cloths, carpets, wall paper, table 

 covers, hearth rugs, &c., though a large num- 

 ber are engaged in wood engraving, for maga- 

 and cuts representing machinery, &c.,in 

 re, and indeed in designing, coloring or 

 staining, painting, enameling, burnishing or 



carving household goods and utensils of every 

 description, mouldings and carvings, and near- 

 ly every article of use or ornament. The terms 

 of admission are talent and skill suitable to 

 some of the departments of labor, a determi- 

 nation to make the knowledge here obtained, 

 useful to themselves or others, and a small tu- 

 ition fee of $4 per quarter, or if unable to pay 

 this, simply an entrance fee of $2. 



As soon as the knowledge of drawing is ac- 

 quired, the pupil, if skillful, can commence to 

 earn rapidly, while at the same time improving 

 herself. The occupation is so light and delicate, 

 and so lucrative, that with skill, a young wo- 

 man can seldom, if ever, do so well for herself 

 in any other way. We are rejoiced to see such 

 a school opened and sustained, for it will ac- 

 complish much for women, and we hope a very 

 few years more will find such an institution in 

 our own state. But I have neither time nor 

 room remaining to speak now of the Female Me- 

 dical College, so it must be for another No. 



Stocks forRoses. — J. S. i).,(Elkton, Ky.) 

 The most experienced cultivatorslook upon the 

 Manettii Rose stock, as the best of all stocks 

 for perpetual Roses. It not only grows readi- 

 ly from cuttings, takes to bud easily, and very 

 seldom throws out a sucker, but being allied 

 to the China Rose, it promotes the free bloom- 

 ing of Perpetuals worked upon it. The stock 

 generally used for standard roses is the sweet 

 brier, native to the road sides. We do not 

 know what species of oxalis you refer to, but 

 they all require a rich sandy soil, and plenty of 

 sun light, if you wish them to bloom freely. 



Raspberries. — ^n Amateur, (Brooklyn, N. 

 Y.) The best way to raise seedlings of the 

 raspberry, is the following: Wash the seeds 

 free from the pulp as soon as the berries are 

 perfectly ripe. Take one or more wooden box- 

 es, constructed about 6 inches deep, 2 feet wide 

 and 3 feet long: fill them with rich sandy loam, 

 to within an inch of the top. Sow the seeds in 

 the soil about a fourth of an inch deep, press- 

 ing the mould down firmly, and watering it 

 after sowing the seeds. The boxes should then 

 be placed in a shady situation, on the north 

 side of a fence or building — plunged up to 

 the rims in tan-bark or coal-ashes, and water- 

 ed regularly every evening, so long as the dry 

 weather continues. When the winter sets in, 

 cover them two inches deep with leaves. Un 

 cover them in spring. The seeds will com 

 in April, and when the plants are two 



